How to cook thin cut pork chops in an air fryer
Air fried thin cut pork chops
Naturally a lot here depends with exactly *how* thin your pork is. These from Kroger were probably close to a quarter inch – super thin. As such they took just four minutes. If you have thicker pieces of pork, cook longer and always use a thermometer. I like 360F as the temp to keep the cooking time quick, but not drying out the pork too much For regular pork chops check out this guide.
Thin cut pork chops are a healthy protein choice that work well in a number of dishes; they also cook up exceedingly quickly and simply when using an air fryer. There's no splatter or mess either too - when comapred with pan frying.
Ingredients
- Thin cut pork chops
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 360F
- Season pork chops as required
- Cook pork for four minutes
- Turn once half way through cooking
- Allow meat to rest for one to two minutes after coming out of the air fryer
We used the COSORI to air fry this (affiliate link, we get a fee), always check your food with a good kitchen thermometer.
Ideas for side dishes for pork
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Air frying different cuts of pork
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One inch thick pork chops are NOT thin cut.
She said quarter inch NOT 1 inch.
Pork chops came out perfect…… And I don’t know how to cook. Thank God for the air fryer and Google😂😂😂
Thanks for letting us know this worked for you Keith 🙂
Looking forward to recipes for my new air fryer
One of the best investments I reckon Arnold, but I might be biased 🙂
exactly what i needed and they came out perfect. no more rubbery thin chops! THANK YOU!!!
Thanks for confirming Tatiana, its always great to hear the recipes hit the mark!
This took way longer than 4 minutes. I had to keep putting them back in. I wish ppl would do their research first and try it before they put these recipes on the internet.
Sorry to hear they didn’t work out right Karen. There are absolutely a lot of variables here – your own air fryer, how much you put in etc. The thickness of the pork is the critical item though. For regular pork chops I can cook as long as 10 minutes at a little higher temp of 380F.
I do test the recipes over and over before I post them, indeed I mainly the site as my own online cookbook to refer to. I don’t post until I get the result I like. I’ve since cooked these chops a few times following the same steps.
Do let us know the thickness of your pork, your air fryer and your final cook time, so others might be able to follow your steps.
Are you sure you had THIN pork chops? You don’t need more than 8-10 min total or they dry up into dust.
Okay Karen… it worked for everybody else.
Actually it wasn’t done in 4 minutes for me.
Thanks, I’m a new user and fixing them tonight. I like your answer.
Absolutely perfect. Pay no attention to the Karen that clearly didn’t pay much attention to the cut of the pork. I will never cook thin cut boneless chops any other way. Thank you!!
I did pay attention to the cut and it wasn’t done in 4 minute.
Can you use bone in 1/4” pork chops?
I don’t see why not, though you might need to adjust times. I’d make sure you have a good kitchen thermometer, then test the temp as you go along.
Thank you so much Stuart for the recipe, they turned out fantastic 😁
Thank you for the info. They were quick and easy and turned out great!
So glad to hear this worked for you Laura, thanks for letting us know.
I am about to us this recipe, will let you guys know how they came out.
Took me up to 13 mins and my pork chops are very than. I am new to air frying. It could be my fryer I really don’t know. But then end result was great. Very tasty still very moist.
That seems a really long time Joyce. How thick was the pork, was the fryer preheated? How many did you cook at once, why brand fryer?
I did 10 minutes 5 minute turn and they came out nice and tender and juicy 🙌👌
Do you recommend using parchment paper under the pork chops?
I’ve never bothered Larry. Any protein, pork included will leave some charred/fat/juice residue behind but I don’t mind quickly scrubbing that off after cooking. Thin cut pork cooks fast so the mess is relatively minimal. If you want to keep your fryer exceptionally pristine, parchment paper can of course help (though be careful as always!)
Mine are thin cut (approx 1/4″) with a small bone and they were still pretty raw after 4 mins. This is using a Ninja oven air fryer.
Every air fryer is different for sure, which is why I always recommend getting a great kitchen thermometer (see link above). Also be sure to pre-heat your air fryer to temperature first as well.
…I’m new to this I plan to Cook 6 thin pork chops in my Gourmia air fryer any tips or tricks?
My number one recommendation for all air frying is get a good kitchen thermometer, see the links above. That way you can cook anything you like, a few minutes at a time and see how long your particularly air fryer takes to cook the item – they’re all a bit different. The thermometer helps take the guesswork out of it 🙂